Re: pumpkin pie

John W Gintell <gintell@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:zaWdnXYRcpWJtBbeRVn-hw@xxxxxxxxxxx:

> Robert S. Coren wrote:
>> In article <dmdlhm$s1k$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>> Ellen Evans <jeev@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> In article <dmde97$38n$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
>>> Robert S. Coren <coren@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> []
>>>
>>>> Seeing you (Ellen) posting about movies reminds me that John
>>>> and I had a question for you (which has nothing otherwise to do
>>>> with this thread). In the credits for "Good Night, and Good
>>>> Luck", which we saw on Friday, we saw "2nd 2nd Assistant
>>>> Director". What on earth is this?
>>> It's a real job. The entire assistant director team (First,
>>> Second, Second Second) are sort of the logistical, scheduling,
>>> keeping everything moving along part of a set...
>>> And sometimes there is more than one second second - especially
>>> if there are lots of extras.
>>
>> Thank you, that's very informative. Of course, I can't help
>> wondering why "second second", rather than "third" (with room for
>> an infinite supply of additional titles as necessary, for the
>> last-mentioned case).
>
> And this could go on and on with such positions as a 2nd 1st
> assistant director or a 2nd 3rd 2nd director. A whole new field of
> mathematics to determine hierarchical precedence would be needed.

Better yet, number them with Roman numerals.

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